Our pitch for the opening sequence.

1. Opening Sequence Pitch
Mollie, Harley, Abbie

2. Final Idea
Our final idea is a police man that has
been murdered by a river.
We picked this because our research
told us the audience would like to see
a death in the opening.

3. Genre
Our genre is Thriller. We picked this because our
survey told us thrillers are the audiences
favourite. On our video research we got mostly
‘yes’ to the question ‘Do you like thriller films?’

4. Conventions
We are going to use:
The theme of death
A mystery that has to be solved
The small theme of the presence of innocence in
the dangerous situations
Realistic and natural characters
The antagonist is mentally and physically stronger
than the protagonist.

5. Opening Sequence Conventions
We are going to mainly introduce the narrative but we
will also show a character.
At the beginning we will have the distribution and
production company, followed by the credits over
action. This will include top actors, directors, executive
producers and the title.

6. Characters
The only character that will be shown is the
dead police man, this is a conventional
character for thrillers but we are presenting him
as a counter type so that goes against ‘real’
characters from our genre.

7. Characters
The police man will be represented as weaker
than the antagonist as he is dead. We have
decided to do this as our audience said they
would like a counter type and it is a thriller
convention.

8. Visual Style
Mise en Scene
We are going to use everyday objects floating
down the river in the opening to show that the
character is realistic. From our research we
found this is important so the characters are
relatable.

9. Visual Style
Camera
We are going to use hand held camera to film
the objects floating down the river, establishing
shots of scenery, and close-ups to emphasize
certain things.

10. Visual Style
Editing
We are going to use continuity editing when
showing scenery to show it is natural but we will
use jump cuts and fast paced editing when
focusing on individual things to draw the
audiences attention to them.

11. Target Audience
Our target audience is males aged 16 – 25. Our
final idea has been influenced by the audience
as we chose not to use a chase scene or violence
in the opening as they said they wouldn’t like to
see that.

12. Unique Selling Point
Our unique selling point is
the mix of stereotypical
characters and counter
types. Mainly focusing on
the counter typical police
man.